Hitler! Stalin! Ming The Mercyless! Names that live on in the annals of infamy. There’s no denying it; people love a good villain, and remember them too! So why are so many of them..well… a bit shit? We run through some of cinema’s baddest muthas and discover that they really aren’t all that great! In fact, most filmic menaces are a bunch of yakkety idiots with nothing better to do – it’s The Worst Villains In Cinema!
Let’s take a look back at some minor and forgettable characters from fantastic films. Starting with… That chubby kid in Jurassic Park who Sam Neill scares with a raptor claw!
Look at this kid. Poor guy. He doesn’t deserve the humiliating ordeal he is forced through. But thanks to his sacrifice we – the audience – learn several important facts…
First of all there’s raptor hunting patterns and techniques – and we are left with the ominous feeling that this knowledge will probably come in handy – and second we learn that Sam Neill is a mean person who likes scaring children who have committed no crime other than not being frightened by dinosaurs (which, to my mind is a fairly impressive feat).
Not only does Sam Neill revel in his child-frightening, all the other palaeontologists think it’s hilarious!
Bullying aside – who the hell is this kid? What’s he doing way out in the desert on this dig? Was he brought along just to naysay? Perhaps a more interesting question to ask would be who the hell is this kid in real life?
Well, his name is Whit Hertford. You can see his IMDB page here and you can see him playing Hitler in a road movie also starring Jesus here!
Let me be the first to say thanks to Mr Hertford – you made raptors that much scarier.
